About WisTAF

Everyone in Wisconsin has common needs: a home, access to medical care, a good job, safety from harm. But at times, barriers stand between those needs and us. Unfair landlords, insurance companies that refuse to honor their policies, discrimination from employers or the fear of an abusive spouse or family member are obstacles that need legal help to overcome. The chasm that stretches between people in Wisconsin who have access to the justice system and those who don’t is deep. Our neighbors face loss of their home, impossibly high medical costs, joblessness and, in the case of severe domestic abuse, possibly the loss of their own or a loved one’s life.   

The Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation (WisTAF) works to bridge that gap. WisTAF brings Wisconsin’s legal and financial communities together to generate funds, which it then uses to make grants to agencies providing civil legal services to Wisconsin’s low-income residents. Families and individuals throughout the state receive the legal help they need to escape domestic violence, find housing and receive medical benefits, among many other legal needs. Grant money also funds law-related services such as legal education, indirect legal services or other community services approved by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Over the past 23 years, WisTAF has granted $37 million to agencies working for increased access to civil justice.